A Look at the Experiment's Progress

The morning sun streamed into the laboratory, turning the curtains golden and silhouetted everything else in the room. Shen Qi stood amidst the undulating light and shadow, approachable yet dignified, wise yet composed, handsome yet dashing.

In the hearts of the three students, Director Shen so radiant, so dazzling, that he was like a luminous being, Director Shen dazzling that they could not open their eyes.

Unidentified birds chirped in the morning sunlight outside the window, while three students in the lab called out loudly, "Good morning Director Shen!"

What a lively and energetic young man! Shen Qi asked with a smile, "Have you eaten?"

"Have eaten."

"I didn't eat."

The three students gave different answers, and their stomachs were rumbling all at once.

I don't know when it started, maybe a few months ago, but Shen Qi's sight, hearing, smell, and even his sixth sense became extremely sharp. He said to the students, "If you've eaten, you've eaten; if you haven't eaten, you haven't eaten. The early bird catches the worm, so those of you who haven't eaten breakfast should go and have some."

The three students were moved by the approachable and caring nature of their mentor, Director Shen showed concern for the grassroots community. They put down their beakers and test tubes, took off their white coats, and although they were physically exhausted, they were happy.

Shen Qi casually grabbed a white lab coat and put it on, asking, "You guys didn't sleep all night, did you?"

Experimental dog number two Zhang Weiran, replied matter-of-factly, "The LPJK1 project has a tight schedule and heavy workload. Professor Xiao and Teacher He also stayed up all night. How could we newcomers dare to slack off?"

Shen Qi patted Zhang Weiran on the shoulder and said with concern, "You can't stay up all night doing experiments every day; your body can't handle it. Your health is the foundation of scientific research. Without that foundation, how can you do scientific research? How can you achieve results?"

Encouraged, Zhang Weiran was as excited as if she'd been injected with adrenaline. "We're young, we can handle this!"

Xia Longxin and Cao Fan, not to be outdone, declared their determination, "Yes, yes, we can handle it, we can handle it!"

Shen Qi touched the new measuring instrument beside him with great affection, saying that only seven of them were ever produced in the world, and said, "You work in two shifts, and there's only one set of equipment. You can handle it, but the equipment can't."

The three students. "..."

"The equipment is very valuable, so please take good care of it." Shen Qi touched the control screen of the new measuring instrument, putting it into sleep mode to save power. He then added, "You three outstanding doctoral students were personally selected by me. For the first year, you just need to focus on experiments and learn professional knowledge and skills from Professor Xiao and Teacher He. After a year, I will teach you some other things."

"Clear!"

"Go have breakfast, then have a good sleep. Come back to the lab tomorrow to learn more knowledge and skills."

The three students then left, leaving Shen Qi alone in the laboratory to review the experimental logs.

In the world's top laboratories, experimental logs have been digitized. Shen Qi can immediately learn about the overall progress of the LPJK1 project and the specific details of each sub-project by operating his computer in his office upstairs.

Despite the mainstream adoption of electronic lab logs, handwritten lab logs have not disappeared from any of the laboratories at Shen Qi Research Center. Shen Qi insists that his lab technicians supplement the handwritten lab logs while automatically generating electronic ones.

In Shen Qi's view, it is very necessary for the lab technicians to spend less than half an hour each day manually writing a log. The handwritten log report can better reflect the progress of a lab technician's academic thinking, making it easier for leaders to check and guide the work.

Shen Qi flipped through the handwritten experimental logs of the receptor blocker research group. The content of the handwritten logs was almost identical to that of the electronic logs, and Shen Qi was very clear about the experimental progress of the receptor blocker research group.

Shen Qi noticed that the handwritten logbook of the receptor blocker research group had two different handwriting styles: one bold and the other gentle. Regardless of whether the style was bold or gentle, the writers of both styles were very insightful on professional issues.

The one with the bold handwriting is He Lin, and the one with the soft handwriting is Xiao Ming. For the past year or so, both He Lin and Xiao Ming have been members of the receptor blocker research group. They write in their journals one day and the other the next, just like cations in an electrolytic cell moving towards the cathode and anions moving towards the anode in a directional manner, working in perfect harmony and following the rules.

In the past week, there was only one kind of handwriting left in the experimental diary of the receptor blocker research team. This kind of handwriting is strong and powerful, and the word "agent" appears very frequently in the chemistry laboratory. The hook next to the standing knife scratched the page, and it seemed to contain full of murderous intent.

The fact that a young girl could write such volatile and forceful handwriting suggests certain personality traits of Dr. He Lin and her recent changes in mindset.

Unmarried women are all girls. He Lin thirty-two years old this year, the same age as Shen Qi, and is still unmarried.

It's quite normal for people who do scientific research to be unmarried in their thirties, and unmarried men are, of course, still boys.

Analyzing Dr. Xiao Ming's resume, he is an exceptionally outstanding science and engineering student. He was admitted to the University of Science and Technology of China for his undergraduate degree, studied at UC Berkeley for his master's and doctoral degrees, and then worked in a renowned laboratory at MIT for his postdoctoral studies. He was only 29 years old when he left MIT to return to China, and he will turn 30 next month.

Due to changes in the international situation, and because overseas Chinese have a heart dedicated to serving their country, the Shen Qi Research Center seized the opportunity to recruit a large number of overseas returnee elites.

It's not to say that sea turtles are necessarily better than native turtles, but in the field of medicinal chemistry, almost all of the world's best laboratories are located abroad.

There are plenty of returnees who have worked in top-tier foreign labs; why doesn't Shen Qi do the same? Why shouldn't I utilize the readily available talent that foreign research institutions have invested significant resources in training?

According to Shen Qi's observation, in the past week, which is the week that Xiao Ming took over as the leader of the platelet activation research group, the handwritten experimental logs of the receptor blocker research group were completed by the group leader He Lin alone.

In addition to the group leader He Lin, the receptor blocker research group has three other members.

After Xiao Ming left the receptor blocker research group, Shen Qi gave He Lin a new experimental dog Cao Fan, as a replacement.

The person who writes the experimental log is often not the group leader. He or she is usually the second or third person in the group, a worker with certain qualifications and experience.

He Lin took over the task of writing the lab logs for her group, which shows that she is a girl who takes her work seriously and is responsible. It also shows that she has a strong sense of possessiveness, even wanting to claim control over basic tasks like writing the logs.

Shen Qi, with his keen insight, analyzed something: when Xiao Ming was in He Lin's group, the two took turns writing logs. After Xiao Ming left He Lin's research group, He Lin never allowed other group members to touch the experimental logs again.

"Is this really a good idea?" Shen Qi had gained a deeper understanding of He Lin.